How to Chart Your Bridge Points

If you don’t want to keep your bridge points tallied in your head, you can use this chart instead. Just look up your bridge tally on this chart instead of fooling with a bunch of math every time you need to keep score.

Charting Your Bridge Score

Tricks Taken

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

Notrump

40

70

100

130

160

190

220

Spades

30

60

90

120

150

180

210

Hearts

30

60

90

120

150

180

210

Diamonds

20

40

60

80

100

120

140

Clubs

20

40

60

80

100

120

140

This chart shows you how many points you score if you make your contract. Your score for making your contract depends on which suit your final contract is in and how many tricks you take. If you don’t make your contract, you don’t have to worry about this table. If you don’t make your contract, you don’t score any points — your opponents do!

Keep in mind that the first six tricks (the six tricks you automatically add to your bid) don’t count in the scoring. Here’s how you score the tricks after those first six:

Each trick in hearts or spades is worth 30 points.

Each trick in clubs or diamonds is worth 20 points.

The first trick in notrump is worth 40 points, but each subsequent trick is worth 30 points.

When you first start to play bridge, concentrate on the game and how to play it instead of fiddling with a bunch of math that’s already been done for you!